Carrying cases



y 5, 5 R. c. CASSE-LMAN I 2,712,336

CARRYING CASES Filed Jan. 9, 1953 FIG. I

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ATTORNEYS 2,712,336 Patented July 5, 1955 CARRYING CASES Robert C.Casselman, Aubumdale, Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, of DelawareApplication January 9, 1953, Serial No. 330,459 11 Claims. (Cl. 150-52)Mass., assignor to Mass., a corporation This invention relates tocarrying cases and more particularly to cases for carrying camerasand/or photographic accessories such as film, flash guns, flash bulbs,exposure meters and the like.

An object of the invention shoulder of the wearer.

Other objects of the invention will in and will in part appearhereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises an article of part be obvious whichwill be indicated in the claims.

For a fuller understanding of the nature of the invention, referenceshould be had to ing detailed description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is an end view of the carrying case of the inention showing thecarrying strap arranged for hand carriage;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the carrying case shown in Fig. 1 but showingthe strap arranged for shoulder carriage;

Fig. 3 is a plan view vention; and

Fig. 4 is a front view of a modification of the carrying case of theinvention.

In the drawing, wherein like reference numerals deof the carrying strapof the in- A pair of guide example of metal, are fixedly secured to thebase substantially at the extremity thereof adjacent front wall 12 andin positions such that onelguide member 36 is in alignment with one ofguide members 34 while the other of guide members 36 is in alignmentwith the other of guide members 34.

A third pair of guide members 38, which may be of leather or a suitableresilient plastic material, are sethereof-is fixedly secured to frontstitching 43 or other permanent fastening means such as rivets, staplesand The other end of each guide member 38 is the front wall 12 by suchmeans as snap fasteners 42.

The endless carrying strap of the invention, which may bly associatedtherewith by means of the guide members 34, 36 and 38. Specifically,elongated section 46 is attached to the carrying case by means of theguide The carrying strap is slidable in the fixed guide mem- 34 and 36,the sections 46 and 48 of the strap being sufliciently long as toencompass the front, bottom in Fig. 1,

By detaching from the front end of each of guide members 38, as bydisengaging 2 permits the case to be worn suspended from a shoulderhandbag of this embodiment of the invention, the strap is Fig. 1.

ever, in order to convert the handbag to shoulder-carrying use, one endof each detachable strap guide 38 (not shown in Fig. 4) is disengagedfrom rear wall 14 and the strap slidably moved, through the fixed guidemembers 36 on the base and fixed guide members 34 on the front wall 12,by exerting a pulling force on grip portion 56, so that elongatedsections 46 and 43 extend only under the base 20 and up the front wall12 of the carrying case to a position well beyond the top wall or cover22. in this embodiment, since section 59 of the strap, rather thansection 52, extends between the pair of fixed metal guide members 36 onthe base of the carrying case, keeper member 58 is preferably detachablysecured to grip portion 56 rather than to grip portion 54.

In the just-described embodiment of the invention, it will beappreciated that whether the handbag is handor shoulder-carried, theelongated strap sections 46 and 58 extending up the front wall 12 wouldsubstantially prevent accidental opening of the flap 24 of the bag.

While strap guide members 34 and 36 have been described as being made,for example, of leather and metal, respectively, it should be understoodthat guides 34 could be formed from metal and guides 36 from leather, orboth guides 34 and 36 could be leather or metal, or even a suitableplastic material.

It should further be understood that the keeper member 58, which may beformed from plastic materials or rubber rather than leather, may, ifdesired, be detached from the grip portion to which it is secured whenthe carrying case is worn suspended from a shoulder of a wearer.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article of manufactureand different embodiments of the invention could be made withoutdeparting from the scope thereof, it is intended that all mattercontained in the foregoing description or shown in the accompanyingdrawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limitingsense.

What is claimed is:

1. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to said base,a second pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to one of saidfront and rear walls, a third pair of strap glide members detachablysecured to the other of said front and rear walls, and an endlesscarrying strap, said strap being slidably engaged by at least said firstand second pairs of guide members.

2. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to said base,a second pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to one of saidfront and rear walls, a third pair of strap guide members detachablysecured to the other of said front and rear walls, and an endlesscarrying strap comprising two elongated sections and two short sections,said elongated sections being sufiiciently long to encompass said frontwall, said base and said rear wall and to extend beyond the cover ofsaid carrying case, said strap being slidably engaged by at least saidfirst and second pairs of guide members.

3. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to said base,a second pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to one of saidfront and rear walls, a third pair of strap guide members detachablysecured. to the other of said front and rear walls, and an endlesscarrying strap comprising two elongated sections and two short sections,said elongated sections being sufficiently long to encompass said frontwall, said base and said rear wall and to extend beyond the cover ofsaid carrying case, said strap being slidably engaged by said first andsecond pairs of guide members and detachably engaged by said third pairof guide members.

4. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to said base,a second pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to one of saidfront and rear walls, a third pair of strap guide members detachablysecured to the other of said front and rear walls, and an endlesscarrying strap comprising two elongated sections and two short sections,said elongated sections being sufiiciently long to encompass said frontwall, said base and said rear wall and to extend beyond the cover ofsaid carrying case, said strap being slidably engaged by said first andsecond pairs of guide members and detachably engaged by said third pairof guide members, said third pair of strap guide members being adapted,when operatively secured to said other wall, to hold and guide saidstrap so as to render the carrying case suitable for hand carriage and,when inoperatively secured to said other wall, being adapted to rendersaid case suitable for shoulder carriage.

5. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to said base,a second pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to one of saidfront and rear walls, a third pair of strap guide members detachablysecured to the other of said front and rear walls, and an endlesscarrying strap comprising two elongated sections and two short sections,one of said elongated sections being slidably engaged by one member ofeach of said first and second pairs of guide members and adapted to bedetachably engaged by one member of said third pair of guide members,the other of said elongated sections being slidably engaged by the othermember of each of said first and second pairs of guide members andadapted to be detachably engaged by the other member of said third pairof guide members, each of said short sections being provided wtih a gripportion, said third pair of strap guide members being adapted, whenoperatively secured to said other wall, to hold and guide said strap soas to render the carrying case suitable for hand carriage and, wheninoperatively secured to said other wall, being adapted to render saidcase su'table for shoulder carriage.

6. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to said base,a second pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to one of saidfront and rear walls, a third pair of strap guide members detachablysecured to the other of said front and rear walls, and an endlesscarrying strap comprising two elongated sections and two short sections,one of said elongated sections being slidably engaged by one member ofeach of said first and second pairs of guide members and adapted to bedetachably engaged by one member of said third pair of guide members,the other of said elongated sections being slidably engaged by the othermember of each of said first and second pairs of guide members andadapted to be detachably engaged by the other member of said third pairof guide members, each of said short sections being provided with a gripportion, one of said grip portions having detachably secured thereto akeeper member adapted to encompass at leastsaid one of said gripportions, said third pair of strap guide members being adapted, whenoperatively secured to said other wall, to hold and guide said strap soas to render the carrying case suitable for hand carriage and, wheninoperatively secured to said other wall, being adapted to render saidcase suitable for shoulder carriage.

7. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to said base,a second pair of strap guide members fixedly secured to one of saidfront and rear walls, a third pair of strap guide members detachablysecured to the other of said front and rear walls, and an endlesscarrying strap comprising two elongated sections and two short sections,one of said elongated sections being slidably engaged by one member ofeach of said first and second pairs of guide; members and adapted to bedetachably engaged by one member of said third pair of guide members,the other of said elongated sections being slidably engaged by the othermember of each of said first and second pairs of guide members andadapted tions, said carrying case being characterized by the fact thatit is adapted for shoulder carriage by disengaging the elongatedsections of the strap from said third pair of guide members and exertinga pulling force on that short section to which said keeper member issecured, thereby causing said elongated sections to slidably move secondpairs of guide members until the last-named short section is locatedbeyond said cover by substantially half the length of one of saidelongated sections and the other short section is located between eachguide member of said first pair of guide members.

8. A carrying a base, a cover, secured to said fixedly secured guidemembers and an endless carrying strap comprising two elongated casecomprising a front wall, a rear wall, a first pair of strap guidemembers fixedly gated sections being slidably engaged by the othermember of each of said first and second pairs of guide members andadapted to be detachably engaged by the other member of said third pairof guide members, each of said short sections being provided with a gripportion, said elongated sections being long enough to extend completelyaround the case through said guides so as to permit the grip portion ofsaid short sections to be in engagement with one another, that gripportion forming part of the short section joining the extremities of theelongated sections slidably associated with said rear wall havingdetachably secured thereto a keeper member adapted to encompass saidgn'p portions, said carrying case being characterized by the fact thatit is adapted for shoulder carriage by disengaging the elongatedsections of the strap from said third pair of guide members and exertinga pulling force on that short section to which said keeper member issecured, thereby causing said elongated sections to slidably movethrough said first and second pairs of guide members until thelast-named short section is positioned beyond said cover bysubstantially half the length of short section is positioned betweeneach guide member of said first pair of guide members.

9. A carrying case comprising a front wall, a rear wall, a base, acover, a first pair of metal strap guide members fixedly secured to saidbase, a second pair of leather strap guide members fixedly secured tosaid rear Wall, a third pair of leather strap guide members detachablysecured to said front wall, and an endless carrying strap comprising twoelongated sections and two short sections, one of said elongatedsections being slidably engaged by one member of each of said first andsecond pairs of guide members and adapted to be detachably engaged byone member of said third pair of guide members, the other of saidelongated sections being slidably engaged by the other member of each ofsaid first and second pairs of guide members and adapted to bedetachably engaged by the other member of 'said third pair of guidemembers, each of said short sections being provided with a grip portion,said elongated sections being long enough to extend completely aroundthe case through said guides so as to permit the grip portion of saidshort sections to be in engagement with one another, that grip portionforming part of the short section joining the extremities of theelongated sections slidably associated with said rear wall havingdetachably secured thereto a one of said elongated sections and theother r adapted to be detachably engaged by one member of said thirdpair of guide members,

rear wall, 7 ing strap comprising two elongated sections and two shortsections, one of said elongated sections being slidably engaged by onemember of each of said first and second pairs of guide members and shortsection joining sections slidably associated with said detachablysecured thereto a keeper member adapted a pulling force on that shortsection to which said keeper References Cited in the file of this patentmember is secured, thereby causing said elongated sec- UNITED STATESPATENTS tions to slidably move through said first and second pairs ofguide members until the last-named short secz fig g 1920 tion ispositioned beyond said cover by substantially haif 5 3 0 O3 e a 1924 thelength of one of said elongated sections and the other 670 i 5 32 shortsection is positioned between each guide member of 2:604:917 ai 1 saidfirst pair of guide members.

